Robert B. Silvers

American journalist (1929-2017) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 87

Robert Benjamin Silvers was an American editor who was editor of The New York Review of Books from 1963 to 2017.

Robert B. Silvers is read about 15 times a day, in 9 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2017Died20 March 20172014Honorary Doctorate from Columbia UniversityAward2012National Humanities MedalAward2011Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement AwardAward2007Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2006Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary CommunityAward1929Born31 December 1929

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